Artisan An artisan Author iain Email The email address of the museum. ileana_matus@yahoo.com Phone The phone number 0040724237105 Prim Media 505 Biographical Text She was born in Rona de Jos commune, in an area where Romanian, Hungarian and Ukrainian ethnic minorities lived as a community. Singing in her family was a usual activity, she was naturally gifted. Her grandmother was the “godmother” of her village and she was invited to all cultural events in the area as a singer, even to funerals as she was the only one entitled to undergo all customs and specific traditions and local practices. In 1987 she makes her debut in folk music when she is accepted in the School of Folk Art from Baia Mare, and she keeps enrolling into schools as to contribute to her future as artist. She moves to Bucharest where she lives for more than 15 years, meanwhile she publishes several albums that explore the native folklore of Maramures, including religious songs called “pricesne”. She is currently running a Foundation called ‘’’Morosanca” where she teaches young talents the secrets of singing, of respecting the statute of an ‘’authentic artist’’ starting with basic knowledge related to historical background, respect towards traditions, clothing, folk culture. She currently teaches over 30 children the elementary skills of canto, her previous generation of students have been accepted in prestigious music schools, in Cluj or Oradea, some of them are also teachers themselves. She restored a traditional house in which she now hosts a museum dedicated to the Maramures traditional costume, as a pledge for the future generations to appreciate of cultural patrimony. External ID CJMM_PR_01 Knowledge Acquisition She grew up in an environment and in a family where singing was part of their daily life and and music wasn’t a hobby or a distraction but part of their DNA. Knowledge Transfer Yes, she has a foundation where she simultaneously teaches over 30 children/adults canto Field Worker Noemi Ganea Gender female Area Relation native Occupation other (specify),other (specify) Involvment part-time paid job knowledge1 Singing and particularly singing carols is part of the oral folklore of the region, and in Maramures the carols predict and welcome the birth of Jesus. But, their significance dates even further back in time, when caroling was done as to announce the winter solstice and to celebrate the god of sun. The practitioner believes that in caroling one singer must keep its authenticity. These days singers take canto lessons, concentrate on developing their ambitus, but they lose sight of their particularity and authenticity and soon traditional singing will be universal, not particular. products1 Yes, she simultaneously works at her foundation that is located in Nănești, where her small folk costume museum hase been set up and also works in the second municipality of Maramureș, in Sighetu Marmației at the children's club in close cooperation with the local authorities. products2 songs, albums products3 to create a compilation of her work, to make it available for the larger public products4 records house, online, etc products6 the large public tourism1 Not directly. Her songs can be part of a tourism experience when visiting Maramures tourism2 Maramures is about hospitality, people in this area are still good at their hearth and welcome you in their family, athis makes Maramures suc a distinct destinationa amoung other destinations in the world. partnership Yes, she is coordinating also a local Children's Club where herself and other local artisans teach children, adults local cultural practices, and make sure the conservation and transmission of the these practices is ensured. challenges1 Ileana Matus considers that singing carols, a specific type of artistic act that must reflect the authenticity and specificity of each ethnographic area is threatened by kitsch, by artists that are emerging and that prefer to alter authenticity in order to become commercial. It should be compulsory for children to learn caroling, as to make sure that this practice is not lost. It is like our ancestral memory is being erased and we blame the younger generation that they don’t keep traditions, but in fact it is our fault that we do not make efforts to ensure they learn and preserve these traditions. challenges2 Singing for me is not a means to ensure a decent living, for me is a form of living itself. I was born singing and I shall die and pass on to the other word listening to my songs. My talent is a gift from Our Good Lord and my meaning is to share it to all those that are willing to listen to it . Social Media The social media links. facebook,https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100047167362671&locale=ro_RO; Wiki A link to a wiki entry about this item. https://culturality.museum/wiki/index.php/Matus,_Ileana Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ileana Matus Type The nature or genre of the resource Artisan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973 Language A language of the resource Romanian Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource iain Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 333 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived artisans,people,taralapusuluimap Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,47.8355,24.0132; Description An account of the resource She was born in Rona de Jos commune, in an area where Romanian, Hungarian and Ukrainian ethnic minorities lived as a community. Singing in her family was a usual activity, she was naturally gifted. Her grandmother was the “godmother” of her village and she was invited to all cultural events in the area as a singer, even to funerals as she was the only one entitled to undergo all customs and specific traditions and local practices. Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. Matus, Ileana Object The URL of a suitable source image in the best resolution available on the web site of the data provider from which small images could be generated for use in the portal. This will often be the same URL as given in europeana:isShownBy. https://www.morosanca.ro/fundatia_Morosanca.html Country The name of the country of the data provider or “Europe” in the case of Europe-wide projects. Romania